The clients

Windows, Mac, and Linux draw one file. The card on the front page is the card on the desk.

There is no account. A display name and the invite are the whole session. Two people can use the same name. The builds are on the latest release.

Windows

Windows 10 and 11. The build is a normal desktop app. The session is kept in %APPDATA%\ryme\session.

Download for Windows. The first open may ask you to keep the app.

macOS

The same card on Apple silicon and Intel. The session is kept in ~/.local/share/ryme/session.

Download for Apple silicon. Download for Intel. The first open may ask you to allow the app.

Linux

One binary. It uses the system sound device, which on a PipeWire machine is the usual default. The session is $XDG_DATA_HOME/ryme/session, or ~/.local/share/ryme/session.

Download for Linux (x86_64), mark it executable, and run it. A Pi runs the server. This binary is the card on a desk.

Join, leave, close

• Join is one press. A bad invite stays on the welcome screen and tells you why.
• Leave channel stays connected. You can enter another room.
• Log out asks: “Leave this server? Ryme will not reconnect on its own.” The name and invite stay filled.
• Close from the welcome screen quits. Close during a call asks: “The call drops. Next open joins this channel again.”

Mute stops your voice from leaving. Deafen is local: the speaking lights stay honest, and you hear silence. A missing microphone or speakers is a note on the card, not a failed join.